Re: Boot failure on Arndale with next-20131105

[Jens Axboe]

On 11/05/2013 10:38 AM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> I note that compiling next-20131105 generates quite a few warnings re:
> uninitialized variables. Reverting the commit doesn't solve those.
> 
>> block/blk-merge.c: In function ‘blk_bio_map_sg’:
>> block/blk-merge.c:133:8: warning: ‘bvprv.bv_len’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:233:23: note: ‘bvprv.bv_len’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c:133:8: warning: ‘bvprv.bv_offset’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:233:23: note: ‘bvprv.bv_offset’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c:133:8: warning: ‘bvprv.bv_page’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:233:23: note: ‘bvprv.bv_page’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c: In function ‘blk_rq_map_sg’:
>> block/blk-merge.c:133:8: warning: ‘bvprv.bv_page’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:171:23: note: ‘bvprv.bv_page’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c:133:8: warning: ‘bvprv.bv_offset’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:171:23: note: ‘bvprv.bv_offset’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c:133:8: warning: ‘bvprv.bv_len’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:171:23: note: ‘bvprv.bv_len’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c: In function ‘attempt_merge’:
>> block/blk-merge.c:108:7: warning: ‘end_bv.bv_offset’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:89:17: note: ‘end_bv.bv_offset’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c:108:7: warning: ‘end_bv.bv_page’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:89:17: note: ‘end_bv.bv_page’ was declared here
>> block/blk-merge.c:108:7: warning: ‘end_bv.bv_len’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>> block/blk-merge.c:89:17: note: ‘end_bv.bv_len’ was declared here

Looks like an incomplete merge. The patch to silence those warnings
(which aren't bugs, BTW) is definitely in my for-next branch.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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